Another "stock wheels are terrible thread..."
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Burning Brakes
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Another "stock wheels are terrible thread..."
We received a Blade Silver coupe with black tridents...... wheels look terrible. Makes me wonder if GM either owns stock in HRE or is getting kickbacks. They look awful. I have seen pics and thought they looked ok, but in person they are lifeless....
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Jul 29, 2020, 06:07 PM
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Found the problem. They only look good with certain colors and that's not one of them.
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GM has done this basically forever on first year new model Corvettes. Look at the wheels in 1963, 1968 (the fugmo wire looking ones), 1984, 1997. 2005 they finally got a set right. With the C7 they were so so.
So in 7 generation changes one got decent looking wheels (C6) and one got wheels that were ok (C7) and the rest have managed to both suck and blow at the same time.
So in 7 generation changes one got decent looking wheels (C6) and one got wheels that were ok (C7) and the rest have managed to both suck and blow at the same time.
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Chevy is Chevy & their history of putting cheap, ugly wheels on the Corvette continues...
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We would never recognize certainly not appreciate the impact of the Z51 suspension. So we pass on this performance option and take the standard wheels. Then spend that $6000 plus another dollar or two on HRE wheels. Which we can appreciate. Everyday. And you can appreicate them with us.
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that's why I ordered the base wheels, what's the point in stepping up when I would replace the best factory wheels available anyway.
DDE just put on a set of BF, don't know why they got a machined lip, IMO machined looks bad.
DDE just put on a set of BF, don't know why they got a machined lip, IMO machined looks bad.
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GM has done this basically forever on first year new model Corvettes. Look at the wheels in 1963, 1968 (the fugmo wire looking ones), 1984, 1997. 2005 they finally got a set right. With the C7 they were so so.
So in 7 generation changes one got decent looking wheels (C6) and one got wheels that were ok (C7) and the rest have managed to both suck and blow at the same time.
So in 7 generation changes one got decent looking wheels (C6) and one got wheels that were ok (C7) and the rest have managed to both suck and blow at the same time.
